If you are reading this on the day it's posted, there is
precisely one week and one day until Election Day in America. That alone
probably will make many readers happy, the same way that a crowd applauds when
a long-winded speaker says, "and in closing." But it's not the main
point here.
Election Day is symbolic of our representative form of government. Members of congress derive enormous power from the fact
that they appropriate many billions of dollars. The President flies around in
Air Force One and commands the greatest military in history. On Election Day,
we the people get to tell them all if they can stay or if they have to go. And
they go peacefully and allow a newly elected person take their place no matter
what they think of their replacement. The people speak on Election Day. That's
good news. If your candidates happen to win, then it's great news.
